A Focus on Values and Mission. SIT's learning community is shaped by highly skilled practitioners committed to advancing sustainability, equity, inclusion, and social change, across a diversity of sectors.

An International Learning Community. SIT students come from all over the globe. Many return to their home countries, where they use their learning at SIT to effect change.

The SIT Graduate Experience:

Experiential, hands-on learning in strong, multicultural cohorts

A focus on social justice and engaged global citizenship — from the grassroots to macro level

A carefully structured curriculum of theory, practice, and reflection

Personalized learning plans aligned with career objectives

Practitioner faculty and an 8:1 student-to-faculty ratio

Focused, discussion-oriented classes with an average class size of 12

A mentored, supervised practicum or teaching internship with organizations worldwide

Comprehensive career and practicum services to advance students’ careers

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By Sora H. Friedman, PhD, Professor and Chair, International Education At the end of March, I had the pleasure of spending one week in Washington, DC, with 18 graduate students from SIT for an intensive field course. The program, structured around the field course “International Policy & Citizen Advocacy,” focused on how individuals can advocate […]

World Learning welcomes the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court holding that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry, and striking down laws that defined marriage as the union of a man and a woman. As President Barack Obama stated, this ruling represents “a big step in our march toward equality,” “a victory for […]

The time has come to announce the winners of the 2015 SIT Photo Contest! This annual contest is a chance for SIT Study Abroad and SIT Graduate Institute students and alumni to submit photos that capture SIT’s mission and values. SIT staff had the difficult task of choosing their favorites in the Staff Picks category, while the public […]